Orange light on wireless icon

On my home hub the wireless icon is on orange but I am still able to connect to the Internet wireless
I have the black hub and it has been fine since installed a couple of years ago
I have tried resetting it and bt broadband desktop help cannot find a problem but the orange light remains
and most worrying is the fact I was checking the network settings and it now says I have an open network with
no security but it used to be wpa encrypted.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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dnewitt1 wrote:
Hi and thanks for the replys
No problem
It is the homehub 2 I have and have managed to encrypt the wireless by using the hub manager
good
I selected wpa and put in a new password not the wpa key on the back of the hub.
hopefully with a random combination of numbers and letters?
Can anyone tell me if this is the strongest encryption you can have on the homehub 2 because I noticed options of wpa 2 and other settings to encrypt it.
WPA and WPA2 is the default setting and IMO would be better. You can read about WPA / WPA2 here - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/bb87805​4.aspx
I am wondering how the security settings were disabled it is placed out of view and only myself or my wife have access to it and neither of us have adjusted the settings.
Could be a faulty hub or the original wireless security was hacked and was turned off to simplify multiple users gaining access or some other reason.
We have had a few power cuts in the area not sure if thats to blame
doubt it unless the hub was updating at the time of the power cut. This can send the hub doolally
if anyone has any ideas how the security came to be disabled it would be appreciated.
as above?
You could enter your hub manager - http://bthomehub.home/
click A-Z (upper right corner)
click H, then click Home Network
You'll be asked to and need to input your password at this point
Look at the wireless connections-
are there multiple entries?
are they all for your own computer(s)?
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